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The dealer has no decisions: draw to 16, stand on 17, and the panel says what happens on soft 17. Each dealer rule line, what it costs in percentage points, and what that is on a £20 hand.
Read Blackjack dealer rules for beginners: the rule, the hand, and what it costs
Read early, late and conditional surrender through a £20 settlement table. See why requesting surrender before the reveal need not guarantee half back.
Read Blackjack surrender depends on when the dealer's blackjack is resolved
Follow two split-ace hands through a £20 settlement ledger. Separate one-card restrictions, re-splitting, blackjack classification and dealer-blackjack treatment.
Read Splitting aces changes the permitted hand, not just the total
Soft 17, 6:5 payouts, double after split, re-split aces, surrender, deck count and dealer peek: what each rule adds to the house edge, with the arithmetic and a rule-panel checklist.
Read Which blackjack table rules change the house edge, and by how much
A blackjack label alone does not tell you how a winning natural is paid.
Read Read the payout before the table name
A soft blackjack total includes an ace counted as eleven.
Read Soft seventeen is a rule questionDraw to 16, stand on 17, soft 17 as the panel says; blackjack pays 3 to 2 or 6 to 5; insurance pays 2 to 1; a dealer blackjack makes a player blackjack a standoff.
From Blackjack dealer rules for beginners: the rule, the hand, and what it costs
The same two options as any table, stand or hit on soft 17; the panel says which, and hitting costs about 0.22 percentage points.
From Blackjack dealer rules for beginners: the rule, the hand, and what it costs
No single standard; RTS 3A requires each game to publish its rules before the bet, and Table 1 prices each line.
From Blackjack dealer rules for beginners: the rule, the hand, and what it costs
This note names none; check the soft-17 and payout lines on any panel, which cost 0.22 and 1.39 points when changed.
From Blackjack dealer rules for beginners: the rule, the hand, and what it costs
An optional payout some licensees offer on three 7s at 3 to 2, not a dealer rule.
From Blackjack dealer rules for beginners: the rule, the hand, and what it costs